Julius Schaub

Schaub was ordered to leave the Führerbunker in late April 1945 and destroy all of Hitler's personal belongings and papers. He was arrested by the Americans shortly after the war. Schaub died on 27 December 1967 in Munich.

In January 1945, Hitler and his staff relocated to the Führerbunker in Berlin. After finally admitting everything was lost, he ordered much of his personal staff to leave Berlin in late April 1945. Schaub was instructed to burn all of Hitler's personal belongings and papers in the garden of the Reich Chancellery. Schaub then flew to Munich and did the same in Hitler's private apartment at the Prinzregentenplatz and then at the Berghof on the Obersalzberg. His final act as aide and adjutant was to destroy Hitler's personal train, the Führersonderzug.

Later during World War II, with Germany suffering major defeat on all fronts, Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg and his fellow conspirators decided to eliminate Hitler and the Nazi leadership, establish a new government and save Germany from total destruction. Stauffenberg had his opportunity on 20 July 1944 at a military briefing at Hitler's East Prussian headquarters known as the Wolf's Lair (Wolfsschanze). He managed to get through security and plant a briefcase bomb under the conference table. The bomb exploded, fatally wounding three officers and a stenographer who died shortly thereafter. Schaub was in another building at the time of the explosion. He rushed over to find Hitler, who survived with only minor injuries, as did everyone else who was shielded from the bomb blast by the conference table leg.

Schaub continued in the capacity as a personal aide and adjutant for Hitler. A friendship developed, which was evident by Hitler later appearing as a witness at Schaub's second wedding. Junge states that Schaub considered himself to be an "amazingly important, significant person" to the Nazi cause. The Luftwaffe chief Hermann Göring, who gave humorous nicknames to almost all in Hitler's inner circle, dubbed Schaub the Reisemarschal ("Travel Marshal") as he typically took care of Hitler's traveling arrangements and often accompanied him. On automobile trips, Schaub was one of the few who was allowed to travel regularly in Hitler's personal motorcar. He later became Hitler's chief aide and adjutant (Chefadjutant des Führers) in October 1940. Thereafter, he would give day-to-day operational orders to Hitler's personal protection chief, Johann Rattenhuber of the Reichssicherheitsdienst (Reich Security Service; RSD). In 1943, he was promoted his final rank of SS-Obergruppenführer. As Hitler disliked change in personnel and liked to keep familiar faces around him, Schaub remained in Hitler's staff for 25 years.

Schaub took care of Hitler's personal belongings, papers and travel journeys, making him a notable figure in Hitler's inner circle. In 1924, he was imprisoned with Hitler for his involvement in the coup d'état attempt of November 1923 in Munich. In time he closely befriended Hitler. Later in July 1944, Schaub was not present during the military briefing in a Wolfsschanze barrack in which a bomb exploded in an attempt on Hitler's life, killing four people and injuring twenty others. Schaub was in another building in the complex.

In 1923, the Nazis felt strong enough to try to seize power in Munich. They decided to march on the city, inspired by Benito Mussolini's successful march on Rome. Known as the Beer Hall Putsch, Hitler and his paramilitary Sturmabteilung (SA) troops failed to take control of Munich. Schaub and other Nazis were arrested and imprisoned with Hitler at Landsberg Prison. After Hitler's release from prison, there was an official reformation of the Nazi Party in early 1925. Schaub also became a founding member of the Schutzstaffel (SS), documented as member #7.

Julius Schaub (20 August 1898 – 27 December 1967) was the chief aide and adjutant to German dictator Adolf Hitler until the dictator's suicide on 30 April 1945.

Julius Schaub was born on August 20, 1889 in Munich, Germany as Julius Georg Luitpold August Schaub. He was married to Wilma Giersieken and Gertrud Hempel.